Review: Aeromexico Salon Premier Tijuana

I can think of 7 reasons to spend time there (8 if you count the pre-cut limes). Seriously, when is the last time you were in a lounge with multiple tequila choices? And Negro Modelo? The rest is just window dressing. :).

That beer selection alone would keep me happy.

If the Catania lounge is the same one that BA use there then this looks like luxury! The CTA lounge is just some office space with a couple of sofas, a fridge filled with non-branded soft drinks and a mediocre coffee machine. I'd have loved even one kind of tequila, heck even a coke would have done.

You need to check out the Hawaiian Airlines lounge in Honolulu. It's been a while since I've been there - but as I recall it was not air conditioned and the beverage choice was exclusively round plastic juice cups with aluminum peel away tops you probably last saw in Junior High (or on an Hawaiian Air interisland flight).

This one ranks worst for me.

Maybe it's because I mostly travel to developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa, but this lounge looks pretty good to me! A quiet place away from the bustle of the terminal to sit and work, good wifi, great drink selection. What more could you want for an hour or two layover?

This is what experiencing luxury does to us, though, I suppose. You know how good it COULD be, which makes the current experience disappointing.

Try the GOL/Delta Lounge at Terminal 2 in Sao Paulo/GRU Airport. It's bigger than the Tijuana Aeromexico lounge, but it's the only lounge with TVs showing messages "please pay your cable".

I could name quite a few lounges, which are definitely worse than this one. Out of the blue the lounge in Chongqing used by Thai and the AI domestic lounge in Chennai are ten time worse than this lounge in Tijuana.

Don't feel offended but while it might not be great it looks clean and at least with a decent selection of drinks.

Not a good place to hold a pre-flight AA meeting!

Waaaaaay too tough Tiff... Any lounge that has not only Negro Modelo but also Bohemia Oscura has to rank right up there with all the foo-foo lounges in the world! 😉

The Diner's lounge in Aruba is horrendous as well!

Admittedly, this isnt one of the best lounges in the world but its also far from being the worst. I've been to plenty of worse lounges all over the world and that list includes a few Air France lounges in Europe.

This doesn't look any worse than domestic lounges in the States. That might be the best beer selection you're going to get outside of BRU.

I agree with what somebody else said about the Hawaiian Air lounges. While they are a nice idea, they really don't offer much besides air conditioning and some peel off cartons of concentrate juice. I was at the lounges in Kauai and Kona, and they were pretty bleak. THAT said, I was in Hawaii, on a lovely vacation, so things could have been worse.

Better than any of the Amtrak Acela lounges!

Six tequilas, one rum (Ron Matusalem). Pretty solid booze selection overall. Do they make beer goggles for lounge furniture?

I third the Hawaiian Air lounge suggestions - they are the equivalent of a teacher's lounge

Heh, am now even more excited to check out some of these Hawaiian lounges later this summer!

And totally agree that the lounge could have been worse. It was just so very dull, and dark, and boring -- all rather disappointing after the surprisingly good experience at the Priority Pass lounge.

Ever tried a servisair lounge in the UK. I bet they are worse.

@ Arno McLean -- Ooh, I have (in Edinburgh), but we didn't review it. It also had windows, cookies, and a University rugby team, so the entertainment level was at least high. 😉

Ditto on HNL lounge. Even just based on the picture, Tijuana lounge is heads and shoulders above HNL.

Not sure what all those brands are, but the Centenario makes the lounge a quite delightful preparation for an AeroMexico flight, especially at 9 am. Even better if one can Fast Track thru the Priority Lounge first.

The question I have is with the clocks. Not only why, with only 3 clocks, one is for Shanghai of all places. How many people flying AeroMexico out of TJ are on their way to Shanghai? Of course the second one is for TJ, but the third one is for "Mexico" ? I guess they couldn't afford a big enough piece of wood to add City.

@ Robert Hanson -- Actually, probably the majority of the people using this lounge would be going to/from Shanghai. It's the only international destination for Aeromexico from Tijuana, as far as I know.

Nothing beats the lounge (box) in Charleroi, Belgium. You need a PIN number to access the room of about 10 seats and kids snacks which you can only get before security. Sadly I didn't take pictures but it was definitely much worse than the Ryanair flight experience which followed!

The Salon Premier Tijuana is not so bad, in the afternoons and evenings offer sandwiches. In most airline Lounges of United States do not offer free alcohol.

Here is a review of the Salon Premier Tijuana

https://freddynonstop.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/salas-vip-aeropuerto-de-tijuana/
https://freddynonstop.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/salas-vip-salon-premier-cancun/
https://freddynonstop.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/resena-de-vuelo-a-lima-en-aeromexico/

The Salon Premier of Cancun has the new design of Salones Premier of AeroMexico

Tijuana has 3 flights per week from Tijuana to Shanghai in 787.

@Robert Hanson

The name of Mexico City in Spanish is "México." Nobody adds 'city' unless they're being prim.

@Robert Hanson - Owen's right - kind of like how in the US, it's pretty normal to just call it "New York" rather than "New York City".

The lounge in Marrakech is far worse than this one. I think there was 3 warm cans of the worst local beer (not that Morocco is famous for good beer of course) a few bottles of soft drinks and some terrible sandwiches. The one in Berlin Schonefeld wasn't much better either!

I must agree with many above that with the selection of cervesa negra, tequila and ron negra there isn't much wrong with this lounge 😉

My vote for worst lounge was a not-too-recent stop in the *A lounge in GRU (Sao Paulo). We had the misfortune of an 8 hour layover between an AC flight (YYZ-GRU) and the 'connecting' SAA flight (GRU-JNB). The lounge was in a terminal building that was under construction so my dismay might be out of date. But it was horrible at the time.

Just a month ago we spent a horrible three hours in the "Cathay" lounge in DPS Bali - revolting! Also the Cathay arrivals lounge in Hong Kong is completely not up to the standard that one would expect - actually deplorable. (On the other foot - the BA Arrivals lounge in Heathrow is one of the best).

I think I might beat this lounge when it comes to worst lounge ever. Try the Almaty Airport (ALA) in Kazakhstan lounge. I visited last month, size of a small airport shop, drinks were not free and were marked up 5x of even airport prices. Chairs smelled and were discolored. The only food on offer were pastries that were rock hard and moldy.

United Club Seattle. It was clean, but I got free half-size domestic beer and could barely find a small banana to eat when I was starving. I finally escaped to the sandwich shop across from the entrance - much better.

Definitely not the worst at all. Its not great or good by any means. The worst I have seen is the domestic Thai lounge in Phuket. Unreal how bad it was. it was actually laughable. The old Cairo business lounge (circa 2008) was horrible. I wouldn't call this the worst, maybe on the page, but I've seen a lot worse. Can't beat free tequila and beer at 9am! That is worth some points in my book, though I was too embarrassed to hit the bar that early in the morning lol!

The Norwegian Air Lounge in Stockholm wasn't the best. Very small with nothing to report for food, but It dis have white wine on tap and a nice view of the tarmac! I love to travel and when I get stuff for free for doing it, all seems pretty good. I need to get me to TJ to try the tequila!